Hong Kong’s High Court upholds the conviction and five-day jail sentence of journalist Ronson Chan, a former chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, for obstructing police while reporting. Deputy High Court Judge Lily Wong dismisses Chan’s appeal on Friday and orders him to go into custody immediately. The case stems from an incident during a police stop-and-search in September 2022, when Chan refuses to present his identity card to officers. A lower court convicted Chan in 2023 and imposed the five-day sentence, which he had challenged through the appeals process. Chan begins serving the jail term on the same day the High Court decision is issued. The reporting characterisation of the incident does not change the court’s findings, according to the accounts of the proceedings. The ruling means the conviction for obstructing a police officer stands, and Chan remains subject to the original custodial sentence.
Hong Kong court upholds journalist Ronson Chan’s obstructing police conviction
Hong Kong’s High Court upholds the conviction and five-day jail sentence of journalist Ronson Chan, a former chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, for obstructing police while reporting. Dep...
- The High Court dismisses Ronson Chan’s appeal against his conviction and five-day jail sentence.
- Deputy High Court Judge Lily Wong delivers the decision and orders Chan into custody immediately.
- Chan is convicted for obstructing police during a stop-and-search in September 2022.
- The charges relate to Chan refusing to present his identity card to police officers.
- Chan begins serving his five-day sentence after the appeal ruling on Friday.
A former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association has failed in his bid to overturn a conviction and five-day jail sentence for obstructing a police officer. Ronson Chan Ron-sing, 45, had refused to present his identity card to police during a stop-and-search procedure nearly four years ago. Deputy Judge Lily Wong Sze-lai dismissed his appeal at the High Court on Friday and ordered him into custody immediately. Chan was sentenced to five days in jail in 2023 after a magistrate found him...
2 months agoA Hong Kong court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a journalist and former head of a press union for obstructing police while reporting. Veteran journalist Ronson Chan began serving his five-day sentence on Friday after Deputy High Court Judge Lily Wong upheld a lower court’s conviction over an incident in September 2022, when […]
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